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Predictors of HIV Viral Load Suppression After Enhanced Adherence Counseling, Nekemte, Ethiopia
BackgroundEnhanced adherence counseling refers to the counseling intervention for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients with an elevated viral...
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Real-world performance of HIV low viral load values in diagnosing acute HIV infection in a tertiary care hospital in Bei**g, China
BackgroundEarly diagnosis of HIV infection decreases the time from HIV diagnosis to viral suppression and reduces further HIV transmission. The...
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Examining Concordance Between Self-Report and Biomedical HIV Viral Load Data: A Sco** Review
Assessment of HIV viral load based on laboratory results is the gold standard in HIV care and research. However, blood assay or accessing medical...
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Relationship Between Patient Portal Tool Use and Medication Adherence and Viral Load Among Patients Living with HIV
BackgroundPatient portals play an increasingly critical role in engaging patients in their health care. They have the potential to significantly...
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Barriers to viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy: a retrospective study in Tanga, Tanzania
BackgroundDespite the decreased incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Tanzania, the number of adolescents living with HIV is...
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Viral Load Suppression in People Living with HIV Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brooklyn, New York
Consistent care is crucial for the health maintenance of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PWH). The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)...
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Detectable viral load associated with unmet mental health and substance use needs among trans women living with HIV in San Francisco, California
BackgroundSubstance use and mental distress are known barriers to HIV care engagement among trans women. Less is known about access and utilization...
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Determinants of viral load suppression failure among HIV adults on ARV attending health care facilities: a retrospective study in Tanga region, Tanzania
BackgroundAvailability and accessibility of Antiretroviral drugs (ARV’s) improve the lives of People living with HIV (PLHIV) by improving client’s...
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Hepatitis B and C viral coinfections and their association with HIV viral load suppression among HIV-1 infected patients on ART at Mekelle hospital, northern Ethiopia
BackgroundAlthough Ethiopia is endemic to viral hepatitis and HIV, data that could guide population-specific interventions are limited. In this...
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CD4+ T cell count and HIV-1 viral load dynamics positively impacted by H. pylori infection in HIV-positive patients regardless of ART status in a high-burden setting
BackgroundThere is a widespread co-infection of HIV and Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori) globally, particularly in develo** countries, and it has...
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POC viral load testing in an antenatal clinic setting for Ugandan pregnant women living with HIV: a qualitative implementation process analysis
IntroductionPoint of care viral load (POC VL) testing improves viral suppression and retention in HIV care, and is increasingly being integrated into...
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Associations Between Alcohol Use, Antiretroviral Therapy Use, and Viral Load Suppression Among People Living with HIV in Rural Central Uganda
Alcohol use among people living with HIV (PWH) is common and may negatively affect engagement in HIV care. We evaluated the relationships between...
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HIV viral load suppression among people with mental disorders at two urban HIV clinics in Uganda: a parallel convergent mixed methods study using the social ecological model
BackgroundUganda adopted and implemented the Universal Test and Treat (UTT) guidelines in 2017, which require HIV-infected persons to be initiated on...
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Viral load suppression in HIV-infected adolescents in cameroon: towards achieving the UNAIDS 95% viral suppression target
BackgroundAchieving the UNAIDS 95% sustained viral suppression (VS) rate requires considerable global efforts, particularly among adolescents living...
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Changes in Adherence and Viral Load Suppression Among People with HIV in Manila: Outcomes of the Philippines Connect for Life Study
The Philippines HIV epidemic is among the fastest growing globally. Infections among men who have sex with men are rising at an alarming rate,...
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Improving retention and HIV viral load suppression among adolescents living with HIV in TASO Soroti and TASO Mbale centers of excellence using Operation Triple Zero model: a before and after study protocol
BackgroundRetention in care and HIV viral load suppression remains sub-optimal among HIV positive adolescents in many settings including TASO Uganda,...
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Effects of Behavioral Intervention Components for African American/Black and Latino Persons Living with HIV with Non-suppressed Viral Load Levels: Results of an Optimization Trial
There is an urgent need for efficient behavioral interventions to increase rates of HIV viral suppression for populations with serious barriers to...
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A joint survival model for estimating the association between viral load outcome and survival time to death among HIV/AIDS patients attending health care and treatment centers in Tanzania
BackgroundGlobally, HIV/AIDS is one of the diseases that have a huge burden in terms of cost and health of individuals; and Sub-Sahara Africa is the...
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Long-Term Effects of Incentives for HIV Viral Suppression: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Achieving viral suppression in people living with HIV improves their quality of life and can help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, few...
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Effectiveness of a community-based intervention (Konga model) to address factors contributing to low viral load suppression among children living with HIV in Tanzania: a preliminary, cluster, randomized clinical trial report
BackgroundDespite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage in other groups living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Tanzania,...
